18 Apr Festival Dzunica (April 18-20, 2012)
The seventh edition of the festival Dzunica starts today. The festival will take place at the Frosina in Skopje and it will last until April 21.
Program of the festival:
April 18, Wednesday
19:30 – opening of the festival
20:00 – Weekend (director: Andrew Haigh)
After a drunken house party with his straight mates, Russell heads out to a gay club. Just before closing time he picks up Glen but what’s expected to be just a one-night stand becomes something else, something special.
April 19, Thursday
20:00 – Call me Troy (director: Scott Bloom)
Call Me Troy is a truly inspirational story about a remarkable and dynamic individual whose activism was decades ahead of its time. Rev. Perry is perhaps best known as the founder of the Metropolitan Community Church – the first church to recognize the spiritual needs of the gay community – but his “firsts” don’t stop there. He was the first openly gay person to serve on the Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations. In 1969, Perry performed the first public same-sex wedding in the U.S., and in 1970 he filed the first-ever lawsuit seeking legal recognition for same-gender marriages. From presidential advisor to outspoken advocate, Perry has been on the front lines leading the charge for equal rights and protections for gay men and lesbians the world over as well as providing a place for all people, gay and straight, to worship side by side. This film celebrates his life and his legacy.
April 20, Friday
19:30 – Porno Melodrama (director: Romas Zabarauskas)
Porno Melodrama is the first gay-themed short film that will challenge the new homophobic law in Lithuania.The Protection of Minors law came into force in Lithuania on the 1st of March 2010. The law says that any information that opposes family values and/or argue against the concept of marriage and family should not be accessible by minors
20:00 – Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same (director: Madeleine Olnek)
The adventures of lesbian space aliens on the planet Earth, and the story of the romance between Jane, a shy greeting card store employee, and Zoinx, the woman Jane does not realize is from outer-space. Meanwhile, two government agents, or ‘Men In Black, ‘ are closely tracking Jane and the aliens while harboring their own secrets
April 21, Saturday
19:00 – Becoming Chaz (directors: Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato)
Documentary following Chaz (formerly Chastity) Bono’s gender transition. Includes interviews with family members and friends as the transition is followed.
20:30 – closing of the festival and party